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- noun Plural form of
crescendo .
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Examples
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Like when you practically pierce your knee against a table’s edge and would like nothing better than to spew a dump-and-a-half’s worth of verbal filth while the pain crescendos, but your toddler – who’s learning about 800 new words a day – is staring up at you, just waiting for you to spill [...]
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Adam hit all the notes, but as Smokey politely noted, Adam's was "tender, sweet, and soft" all the way through, without the "crescendos," etc.
Adam Lambert sings "The Tracks of My Tears." Ann Althouse 2009
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He also had that electrifying speaking style: the machine-gun delivery, the big crescendos, applause lines every few minutes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He also had that electrifying speaking style: the machine-gun delivery, the big crescendos, applause lines every few minutes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He also had that electrifying speaking style: the machine-gun delivery, the big crescendos, applause lines every few minutes.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The year starts in September, full of great aspirations and a few apprehensions; ascends toward Thanksgiving; crescendos at Christmas; descends into something resembling a black pit with the start of the new year; and rallies again with the approach of spring break.
Rhythms of the Seasons Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Mr. Mann's book is as carefully conducted as a symphony, and it crescendos with great intensity on the night of the ad's airing.
The Nuclear Option Ken Kurson 2011
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"So many elegiac crescendos, then a shocking light change," she said.
The Multiple Identities of a One-Man Show Lizzie Simon 2011
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I watched a bit of their set from that vantage point, and when you get a bird's-eye view of a few thousand fans, many of them clapping their hands as the band hits one of its crescendos, it at least came close to feeling like a special moment.
FreeFest: Drama club with the Temper Trap Click Track 2010
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The exuberance of Schumann's composition never became overblown, thanks to Orkis's care in building crescendos and judging keyboard dynamics against the strings.
Kennedy Center Chamber Players' take on Previn, Haydn, Schumman Post 2010
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